Wolves Go Out To Single Strike
Posted on: Tue 26 Feb 2008

Wolves' Birmingham Senior Cup run came to an end last night.

Birmingham City went through to the final thanks to a 17th minute goal from Mauro Zarate

Both sides fielded strong sides in an even contest at the Bucks Head.

The decisive goal came as a result of clever play down the left and a neat finish from Blues' Argentinean loan signing.

Just before, Wolves went close with a corner that Darren Ward just failed to get a clean connection with.

The second half followed a similar pattern with the hosts having plenty of possession without creating many clear cut chances.

Jay Bothroyd suffered a kick to his ankle and was replaced by Liam Hughes with ten minutes to go.

The young Academy graduate was soon into the action, showing a good touch before firing a shot that the keeper blocked.

From the resulting corner, Wolves again went close to getting the equaliser when Ward's header went just over the bar.

Coach Bobby Mimms says: "All in all it was a decent performance and the lads showed a good attitude.

"It was a competitive game and a good work out for the senior pros who didn't feature at the weekend."

Wolves: Ikeme, Dunleavy, Jones, Salmon, Edwards, Ward, Gibson, Olofinjana, Keogh, Bothroyd (Hughes 81), Eastwood.

Unused subs: Lumley, Melbourne, Malone, Hemmings.

Booking: Gibson (31 - foul).

Birmingham: Doyle, Wilson, Queudrue, Jaidi, Schmitz, Mutch, De Ridder, Nafti (Joyce 67), Zarate (Jervis 67), Aydilek, McSheffrey.

Unused subs: Timmins, Milojevic, Lyness.

Referee: P. Grove.

Attendance: 204.

Imo both clubs was wrong to field strong enough sides. The younger lads got us there but were then moved out the way for players like bothroyd eastwood,keogh etc.